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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Monkeys and snakes unable to escape as raging wildfires scorch wetlands in Brazil

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The scorched carcasses of monkeys, snakes and caimans dot the charred expanses of the once-green Brazilian Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands.

As night falls, an amber tower of smoke lights the sky. There is no rest for the fire or the animals trying to flee.

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